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Spanish police seize more than 10,000 weapons 'destined for terrorism'

Spanish police seize more than 10,000 weapons 'destined for terrorism' --Among the cache: Devices for falsifying documents in an illegal workshop. | 15 March 2017 | Spanish police have seized more than 10,000 weapons of war, including assault rifles, anti-aircraft machine guns, shells and grenades, destined for criminal and terrorist groups in Europe. The massive haul was seized by Spanish National Police with help from Europol in January, but its scale was only announced on Tuesday (local time) because of the time it took to compile a complete inventory, a police statement said. Five people have been arrested.